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In 1960, Lamorisse released a second film, Stowaway in the Sky, which also starred Pascal and was a spiritual successor to the film. Breen, Myles P. (1978). "The Rhetoric of the Short Film". Journal of the University Film Association. 30 (3): 3–13. JSTOR 20687433. Tessonneau, Rémy; Ferguson, Charles (1957). "The French Institute Of Cinema (IDHEC)". Journal of the University Film Producers Association. 10 (1): 4–6. JSTOR 20686478. Don Hertzfeld's 1997 short film Billy's Balloon, which also showed at Cannes, is a parody of the film.

Koresky, Michael (28 April 2008). "The Red Balloon". The Criterion Collection . Retrieved 9 May 2020.a b Kennicott, Philip (23 November 2007). " 'Red Balloon' and 'White Mane': Childhood Colored by Adult Cynicism". The Washington Post . Retrieved 9 May 2020. The film won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It also became popular with children and educators. It is the only short film to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or du court métrage/ Golden Palm; Best Short Film, Albert Lamorisse, 1956. [16]

The Red Balloon ( French: Le ballon rouge) is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-four-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris.

Lamorisse used his children as actors in the film. His son, Pascal, plays himself in the main role, and his daughter, Sabine, portrays a young girl. One Sunday, the balloon is told to stay home while Pascal and his mother go to church. However, it follows them through the open window and into the church, and they are led out by a scolding beadle. The main role is played by Lamorisse's son, Pascal. French singer Renaud and his brother play the twin brothers who appear at the end of the film, wearing red coats. They got the role through their uncle, Edmond Séchan, the director of photography for the film. [9] Release [ edit ]

Bob Godfrey's and Zlatko Grgic's animated film, Dream Doll (1979), has a very similar plot and ending to the film, except instead of a red balloon, the protagonist is obsessed with an inflatable nude woman. The A to Z of French Cinema, P.xxx) 1956: December: Albert Lamorisse's Le Ballon rouge wins the Prix Louis-Delluc Accessed February 12, 2018. The Red Balloon, Anthony Clark. London: Oberon Books, 2000, ISBN 978-1-84002-079-3. Accessed February 12, 2018. The film was first released on VHS by Embassy Home Entertainment in 1984. A laserdisc of it was later released by The Criterion Collection in 1986, and was produced by Criterion, Janus Films, and Voyager Press. Included in it was Lamorisse's award-winning short White Mane (1953). A DVD version became available in 2008, and a Blu-ray version was released in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2010; it has now been confirmed as region-free. [24] [25] Book [ edit ]The theme of innocence is persistent and is one of the main focuses of the film. Through a child's gaze, a cynical world is transformed into an almost magical one, highlighting the power of the innocence and imagination of children. [5] The film is popular in elementary classrooms throughout the United States and Canada. A four-minute clip is on the rotating list of programming on Classic Arts Showcase. [ citation needed] Reception [ edit ]

The film, in its American television premiere, was introduced by then-actor Ronald Reagan as an episode of the CBS anthology series General Electric Theater on 2 April 1961. [10]THE RED BALLOON (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 October 1956 . Retrieved 25 March 2016. Guitarist Keith Calmes' album Follow the Red Balloon [23] is named as an homage to the spirit of Pascal and Sabine. Crowther, Bosley (12 March 1957). "Screen: Documentary and Fantasy; 'Lost Continent,' 'Red Balloon' on Bill". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 May 2020. Lamorisse was a former auditor at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC), and the crew that he used for the making of the film was entirely composed of IDHEC graduates. [8]